他不是这光,
而是要为这光做见证。
这光是真光,
来到这世界照亮每个人。

10 他在这世界,
世界也是藉着他而成的,
世界却不认识他。

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He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(C) the world did not recognize him.

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He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that (A)Light. (B)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and (C)the world did not know Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

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(A)He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

(B)The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet (C)the world did not know him.

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